We constantly see surveys that reveal this ignorance, especially among our high school students,78 percent of whom, in a recent nationwide multiple-choice test, identified Abraham Lincoln as 'a kind of lobster.' That's right: more than three quarters of our nation's youth could not correctly identify the man who invented the telephone.


Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States (ed. Ballantine Books, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307758712

Dave Barry Quotes

We constantly see surveys that reveal this ignorance, especially among our high school students,78 percent of whom, in a recent nationwide...

We constantly see surveys that reveal this ignorance, especially among our high school students,78 percent of whom, in a recent nationwide...

We constantly see surveys that reveal this ignorance, especially among our high school students,78 percent of whom, in a recent nationwide...

We constantly see surveys that reveal this ignorance, especially among our high school students,78 percent of whom, in a recent nationwide...